Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common to common (del Hoyo et al. 2007).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any current declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory distribution

Country/Territory

Occurrence status

Presence

Breeding

Non-breeding

Passage

Resident

Benin

Native

Extant

Yes

Burkina Faso

Native

Extant

Yes

Cameroon

Native

Extant

Yes

Central African Republic

Native

Extant

Yes

Chad

Native

Extant

Yes

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

Native

Extant

Yes

Côte d'Ivoire

Native

Extant

Yes

Ethiopia

Native

Extant

Yes

Gambia

Native

Extant

Yes

Ghana

Native

Extant

Yes

Guinea

Native

Extant

Yes

Guinea-Bissau

Native

Extant

Yes

Kenya

Native

Extant

Yes

Mali

Native

Extant

Yes

Mauritania

Native

Extant

Yes

Niger

Native

Extant

Yes

Nigeria

Native

Extant

Yes

Senegal

Native

Extant

Yes

Sierra Leone

Native

Extant

Yes

South Sudan

Native

Extant

Yes

Sudan

Native

Extant

Togo

Native

Extant

Yes

Uganda

Native

Extant

Yes

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)

Habitat (level 2)

Importance

Occurrence

Artificial/Terrestrial

Arable Land

suitable

resident

Artificial/Terrestrial

Rural Gardens

suitable

resident

Forest

Subtropical/Tropical Dry

suitable

resident

Grassland

Subtropical/Tropical Dry

suitable

resident

Savanna

Dry

major

resident

Shrubland

Subtropical/Tropical Moist

suitable

resident

Altitude

0 - 0 m

Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose

Primary form used

Life stage used

Source

Scale

Level

Timing

Pets

Whole

Adults and juveniles

Wild

International

Non-trivial

Recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2015) Species factsheet: Turdoides plebejus. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 02/08/2015.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2015) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 02/08/2015.

This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000)
Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004)
Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.

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